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Schermeir Prospect

Producer in Placer county in California, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077040
MRDS ID W024414
Record type Site
Current site name Schermeir Prospect
Related records 10261271

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.73824, 39.04461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Placer(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Michigan Bluff(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Truckee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Placer

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014N 011E 21 California

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED BEHIND W. HOFFMAN'S HOUSE ON THE EAST EDGE OF SECT. 21.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.73824, 39.04461
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Forest Hill Divide Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Embree, L. G.
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. Hoffman
    First year 1950

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOM BULL 134 PT 3 CH 5 P 224 PL 13 GEOL MAP OF CA CHICO DOM BULL 76 P162

  • Production

    CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 224

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Oster, Karel L. (Albers, John P.) U.S. Geological Survey

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